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The biggest flaw is the assumption that people who live in cities where Uber is available drive an average of 13,476 miles per year (with avg commute distance o
by cj 12y ago
The biggest flaw is the assumption that people who live in cities where Uber is available drive an average of 13,476 miles per year (with avg commute distance of 25 miles).
Those numbers are the national average, but I'd guess the average miles per year is significantly lower for people living in major cities.
When I lived in rural New York I easily drove 10-20k miles in a year. But now that I live and work in San Francisco, I drive about 3-4k miles per year, with a daily commute of 7 miles round trip.
It'd be interesting to see a similar analysis that limits the data set to people who live and work in major cities where Uber is available.
- IvyMike 12y ago> I'd guess the average miles per year is significantly lower for people living in major cities. I'll agree, with the exception of Los Angeles, which is atypical in how spread out it is. 13.5k is perfectly believable. http://laist.com/2012/06/30/map_how_many_major_us_cities_can_fi.php http://laist.com/2012/06/30/map_how_many_major_us_cities_can...